Kentucky Derby 2021 - Road to the Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby 2021 will go as planned on the first Saturday in May following the rescheduling of the 2020 Derby. For the first time in the points era, preps in California, New York, Florida and Kentucky will be run without Lasix. Horses who do run on the medication will not receive Derby points. Those horses are designated with a [*] in the chart.
Essential Quality, who has won the Breeders' Futurity and Breeders' Cup Juvenile, leads all c - but time will tell if he will have much more work to do to earn a berth. The remaining hopefuls have one last chance this weekend to vault their way up the Derby point leaderboard.
The following are results of each prep race and points earned. The table will be updated reflecting any changes to the schedule.
| Date | Race | Track | Distance | 1st (points) | 2nd (points) | 3rd (points) | 4th (points) |
| Sept. 5 | Iroquois | Churchill Downs | 1 mile | Sittin on Go (10) | Midnight Bourbon (4) | Super Stock (2) | Therideofalifetime (1) |
| Sept. 26 | American Pharoah | Santa Anita | 1 1/16 miles | Get Her Number (10) | Rombauer (4) | Speilberg (2) | Waspirant (1) |
| Oct. 3 | Breeders' Futurity | Keeneland | 1 1/16 miles | Essential Quality (10) | Keepmeinmind (4) | Super Stock (2) | Upstriker (1) |
| Oct. 10 | Champagne | Belmont Park | 1 mile | Jackie's Warrior (10) | Reinvestment Risk (4) | Midnight Bourbon (2) | Civil War (1) |
| Nov. 6 | Breeders' Cup Juvenile | Santa Anita | 1 1/16 miles | Essential Quality (20) | Hot Rod Charlie (8) | Keepmeinmind (4) | Jackie's Warrior (2) |
| Nov. 28 | Kentucky Jockey Club | Churchill Downs | 1 1/16 miles | Keepmeinmind (10) | Smiley Sobotka (4) | Arabian Prince (2) | Swill (1) |
| Dec. 5 | Remsen | Aqueduct | 1 1/8 miles | Brooklyn Strong (10) | Ten for Ten (4) | Known Agenda (2) | Pickin Time(1) |
| Dec. 18 | Springboard Mile | Remington Park | 1 mile | Señor Buscador* | (4) Cowan | Red N'Wild* | Saffa's Day* |
| Dec. 19 | Los Alamitos Futurity | Los Alamitos | 1 1/16 miles | (10) Spielberg | (4) The Great One | (2) Petruchio | (1) Red Flag |
| Jan. 1 | Jerome | Aqueduct | 1 mile | (10) Kapo Cane | (4) Eagle Orb | (2) Hold the Salsa | (1) Swill |
| Jan. 2 | Sham | Santa Anita | 1 mile | (10) Life is Good | (4) Medina Spirit | (2) Parnelli | (1) Waspirant |
| Jan. 16 | Lecomte | Fair Grounds | 1 1/16 miles | (10) Midnight Bourbon | (4) Proxy | (2) Mandaloun | (1) Santa Cruiser |
| Jan. 22 | Smarty Jones | Oaklawn Park | 1 mile | (10) Caddo River | (4) Cowan | (2) Big Thorn | (1) Moonlite Strike |
| Jan. 30 | Robert B. Lewis | Santa Anita | 1 1/16 miles | (10)Medina Spirit | (4) Roman Centurion | (2) Hot Rod Charlie | (1) Spielberg |
| Jan. 30 | Holy Bull | Gulfstream Park | 1 1/16 miles | (10) Greatest Honour | (4) Tarantino | (2) Prime Factor | (1) Papetu |
| Feb. 6 | Withers | Aqueduct | 1 1/8 miles | (10) Risk Taking | (4) Overtook | (2) Capo Kane | (1) Royal Number |
| Feb. 6 | Sam F. Davis | Tampa Bay Downs | 1 1/16 miles | (10) Candy Man Rocket | (4) Nova Rags | (2) Hidden Stash | (1) Boca Boy |
| Feb. 13 | El Camino Real | Golden Gate | 1 1/8 miles (AW) | (10) Rombauer | (4) Javanica | (2) Govenor's Party | (1) It's My House |
| Feb. 13 | Risen Star | Fair Grounds | 1 1/8 miles | (50) Mandaloun | (20) Proxy | (10) Midnight Bourbon | (5) O Besos |
| Feb. 26 | Battaglia Memorial | Turfway | 1 1/16 miles (AW) | (10) Hush Of A Storm | (4) Like the King | (2) Gretzky the Great | (1) Hard Rye Guy |
| Feb. 27 | Southwest | Oaklawn Park | 1 1/16 miles | (10) Essential Quality | (4) Spielberg | (2) Jackie's Warrior | (1) Woodhouse |
| Feb. 27 | Fountain of Youth | Gulfstream Park | 1 1/16 miles | (50) Greatest Honour | (20) Drain the Clock | (10) Papetu | (5) Tarantino |
| Mar. 6 | Gotham | Aqueduct | 1 mile | (50) Weyburn | (20) Crowded Trade | (10) Highly Motivated | (5) Freedom Fighter |
| Mar. 6 | Tampa Bay Derby | Tampa Bay Downs | 1 1/16 miles | (50) Helium | (20) Hidden Stash | (10) Moonlite Strike | (5) Unbridled Honor |
| Mar. 6 | San Felipe | Santa Anita | 1 1/16 miles | (50) Life Is Good | (20) Medina Spirit | (10) Dream Shake | (5) Roman Centurian |
| Mar. 13 | Rebel | Oaklawn Park | 1 1/16 miles | (50) Concert Tour | (20) Hozier | (10) Big Lake | (5) Super Stock |
| Mar. 20 | Louisiana Derby | Fair Grounds | 1 3/16 miles | (100) Hot Rod Charlie | (40) Midnight Bourbon | (20) O Besos | (10) Proxy |
| Mar. 27 | UAE Derby | Meydan | 1 1/8 miles | (100) Rebel's Romance | (40) Panadol | (20) New Treasure | (10) Takeru Pegasus |
| Mar. 27 | Jeff Ruby Steaks | Turfway Park | 1 3/16 miles (AW) | (100) Like the King | (40) Sainthood | (20) Hockey Dad | (10) Hard Rye Guy |
| Mar. 27 | Florida Derby | Gulfstream Park | 1 1/8 miles | (100) Known Agenda | (40) Soup and Sandwich | (20) Greatest Honour | (10) Nova Rags |
| Apr. 3 | Blue Grass | Keeneland | 1 1/8 miles | (100) Essential Quality | (40) Highly Motivated | (20) Rombauer | (10) Hidden Stash |
| Apr. 3 | Santa Anita Derby | Santa Anita | 1 1/8 miles | (100) Rock Your World | (40) Medina Spirit | (20) Dream Shake | (10) Defunded |
| Apr. 3 | Wood Memorial | Aqueduct | 1 1/8 Miles | (100) Bourbonic | (40) Dynamic One | (20) Crowded Trade | (10) Weyburn |
| Apr. 10 | Arkansas Derby | Oaklawn Park | 1 1/8 miles | (100) Super Stock | (40) Caddo River | (20) Concert Tour | (10) Get Her Number |
| Apr. 10 | Lexington | Keeneland | 1 1/16 miles | (20) King Fury | (8) Unbridled Honor | (4) Starrininmydreams | (2) Proxy |